OlympiAfrica is to support the construction of the abandoned Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) complex at Amasaman with $150,000 to enable the GOC to embark on the project.
After more than 25 years of silence, former prolific striker Tony Yeboah has finally accused officialdom as the main cause of the Black Stars’ failure to win the Senegal 1992 AFCON trophy for Ghana.
“Nothing went wrong among the players during the 1992 tournament. It was the officials who were not honest to the players and that affected our performance on the pitch”, Yeboah disclosed during an exclusive interview with Graphic Sports in Kumasi.
This year’s African Under-17 Youth Championship kicks off in Gabon on Sunday with much more than the quest to be champions at stake. Out of the eight teams – Gabon, Cameroun, Ghana, Guinea in Group A, Angola, Niger, Mali and Tanzania – in Group on parade, only four qualify for the World Cup in India later in the year and that opportunity is the target of most of the teams as they prepare to kick off the competition.
Newly engaged coach of Liberty Professionals, Michael Osei, faces a daunting task on Sunday as he embarks on his first assignment against Accra Hearts of Oak at the Carl Reindorf Park at Dansoman as the curtain draws on the first round of the Ghana Premier League.
Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited has donated GH¢10, 000 to the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), towards the organisation of the 42nd MTN-SWAG Awards Night.
The 42nd MTN-SWAG Awards is scheduled for Saturday, May 27, at the Banquet Hall, Accra.
Government has promised through the Ministry of Youth and Sports to pay fully the surgery cost of Isaac Aryee a former national welter weight champion who was involved in an accident on 3rd may, 2017.
The promise was made known, when the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Mr. Pius Enam Hadzide when paid a visit to Isaac Aryee who is on admission at the korle bu teaching hospital.
Isaac Aryee needs GH₵14,000 to undergo surgery on his broken neck.
Two years ago, Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan reportedly splurged $3 million on a luxury mansion he christened La Basilica de Baby Jet.
As part of its long-standing tradition at the annual FIFA Congress, members of the Executive Council yesterday laid down their suits to don jerseys and challenge a team of football legends from Europe for a friendly.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed the final list of Ghana's Under-17 team, Black Starlets, for this year's African Under-17 Championship which opens in Gabon on Sunday.
Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin named an initial 23-man squad but as mandated by tournament regulation, confirmed the final 21 yesterday.The final list is made up of three goalkeepers, seven defenders, six midfielders and six forwards.
The 67th FIFA Congress currently ongoing in Bahrain has elected Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge, Justice Anin Yeboah, as the chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
Justice Anin Yeboah polled 98% of total votes cast on Thursday morning and he will serve a four-year term effective immediately.
Defending champions Real Madrid held off a spirited Atletico Madrid to set up a meeting with Juventus in next month's Champions League final in Cardiff.
Atletico, trailing 3-0 from the first leg, stormed into an early 2-0 lead on the night through Saul Niguez's header and Antoine Griezmann's cheeky penalty.
Renowned sports journalist Christopher Opoku has passed on, Graphic Online has gathered.
He was said to have passed on Wednesday after a prolonged ill health.
Football fans have been urged to respect safety guidelines and precautions in order to save lives during crowd disturbances at the various national stadia and prevent the tragedy that hit Ghana on May 9, 2001, after a football game.
Speakers at the ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of the May 9 stadium tragedy, including the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, were unanimous in their conviction that more lives could have been saved if spectators knew of measures to take in the event of such disasters.
Frimpong Manso made an earlier-than-expected exit through Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s managerial revolving door yesterday as the club made the surprise appointment of Steven Pollack as their caretaker coach until the end of the season.
The former Berekum Chelsea Technical Director becomes Kotoko’s fourth technical head — the club started the season with Michael Osei who was sacked and replaced with Croatian Zdravko Logarusic who made way for Frimpong Manso last month.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, says his outfit is considering the closure of the Accra Sports Stadium to avert the loss of lives at the facility.
The Minister said. the nation’s premier stadium was “a potential death trap” which was in a far worse state than it appears.
